COinS
ContextObjects in Spans (COinS) is a method to embed
History
In the late 1990s, OpenURL was created at Ghent University as a framework to provide context-sensitive links. The OpenURL link server implementation called SFX was sold to Ex Libris Group which marketed it to libraries, shaping the idea of a "link resolver". The OpenURL framework was later standardized as ANSI/NISO Z39.88 in 2004 (revised 2010).[2] A core part of OpenURL was the concept of "ContextObjects" as metadata to describe referenced resources.
In late 2004, Richard Cameron, the creator of
The adoption of COinS was pushed by various publications and implementations. The specification was OCOinS.info, which includes specific guides to implement COinS for journal articles and books.[9]
Summary of the data model
From OpenURL 1.0 COinS borrows one of its serialization formats ("KEV") and some ContextObject metadata formats included in OpenURL implementation guidelines.[10] The ContextObject implementation guidelines of COinS include four publication types (article with several subtypes, book, patent, and generic) and a couple of simple fields. However, the guidelines are not required part of COinS, so the standard does not provide a strict metadata model like Dublin Core or the Bibliographic Ontology.
Use in websites
The following websites make use of COinS:
Server-side applications
Some
Client tools
Client tools which can make use of COinS include:
See also
- Info URI scheme
- HTML Microdata
- KBART
- Microformat
- RDFa
- UnAPI
References
- ^ Chudnov, Daniel (2006-07-14). "COinS for the Link Trail". Library Journal: 8–10. Archived from the original on 2006-10-22.
- ISBN 978-1-880124-61-1. Archived from the originalon 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
- ^ Cameron, Richard (2004-12-20). "Autodiscovery and embedding metadata". gcs-pcs-list. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ Chudnov, Daniel (2005-01-06). "sample inline openurl". gcs-pcs-list. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ISSN 1082-9873.
- ^ Chudnov, Daniel; Frumkin, Jeremy (2004-12-10). "Service Autodiscovery for Rapid Information Movement". curtis.med.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2004-12-15.
- ^ "gcs-pcs-list". Google Groups. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ Hellman, Eric (ed.). "Latent OpenURLs in HTML for Resource Autodiscovery, Localization and Personalization" (draft). OCOinS.info. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "OpenURL COinS: A Convention to Embed Bibliographic Metadata in HTML". ocoins.info. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ^ Apps, Ann (2003-04-16). "Z39.88-2004 KEV Implementation Guidelines". MIMAS, The University of Manchester, UK. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ a b Reichelt, Jan (2009-08-05). "Mendeley Web now supports COinS". Mendeley Blog. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ "Wikipedia:COinS". Wikipedia. 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Standard link resolver support: OpenURL & COinS". refbase. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "BibDesk Help: 5.10.5 Web Group". bibdesk.sourceforge.io. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "Importing with the Hunter". Citavi Manual. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "dev:exposing metadata:coins". Zotero Documentation. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
Further reading
- Hellman, Eric (2009-06-16) [2005]. "OpenURL COinS: A convention to embed bibliographic metadata in HTML" (1.0 ed.). OCLC New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24.
- "Registry for the OpenURL Framework – ANSI/NISO Z39.88-2004". OCLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- "OpenURL Syntax Description" (PDF). OCLC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- "Matrix defining the KEV Format to represent a journal publication". Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- "Matrix defining the KEV Format to represent a book". Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- "Matrix defining the KEV Format to represent a patent". Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- "Matrix defining the KEV Format to represent a dissertation". Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- "Z39.88-2004: The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services The Key/Encoded-Value (KEV) Format Implementation Guidelines". June 2007. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23.
- "Z39.88-2004: The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services The Key/Encoded-Value (KEV) Format Implementation Guidelines, Appendices". June 2007. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28.
- "Z39.88-2004: The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services The Key/Encoded-Value (KEV) Format Implementation Guidelines, Examples". June 2007. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28.
- "Z39.88-2004: The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services The Key/Encoded-Value (KEV) Format Implementation Guidelines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-13.
- Apps, Ann; MacIntyre, Ross (May 2006). "Why OpenURL?". ISSN 1082-9873.
- Apps, Ann; MacIntyre, Ross (2006-10-03). "Customising location of knowledge". Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. .
- Apps, Ann; MacIntyre, Ross (2008). "Joining up "discovery to delivery" services". ELPUB 2008 International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Toronto (Canada), 25-27 June 2008. S2CID 10064180.
- Ashmore, Beth; Grogg, Jill E. (2006). "Google and OCLC open libraries on the Open Web". Searcher. 14 (10). Medford, New Jersey: Learned information: 44–53. Gale A154562387.
- Bailey, Annette; Back, Godmar (2008-02-29). "Retrieving known items with LibX". The Serials Librarian. 53 (4): 125–140. ISSN 0361-526X.
- Boston, George; Gedeon, Randle J. (2008). "Beyond OpenURL: Technologies for linking library resources" (PDF). In Yu, Holly; Breivold, Scott (eds.). Electronic resource management in libraries: Research and practice (PDF). Hershey, Pennsylvania: ISBN 978-1-59904-891-8.
- Chang, Sheau-Hwang (2007). "Full-text article linking: Where are we now?". Chinese Librarianship. 23 (2).
- Chudnov, Daniel; England, Deberah (2008-05-19). "A new approach to library service discovery and resource delivery". The Serials Librarian. 54 (1–2): 63–69. ISSN 0361-526X.
- Chudnov, Daniel (2005-10-24). "COinS browser extensions for your library". Yale School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.
- Chudnov, Daniel (Summer 2006). "COinS for the Link Trail". NetConnect. New York City: OCLC 551951240.
- Chudnov, Daniel; Binkley, Peter; Frumkin, Jeremy; Giarlo, Michael; Rylander, Mike; Singer, Ross; Summers, Ed (2006-07-30). "Introducing unAPI". Ariadne (48). hdl:1957/2359.
- Dempsey, Kathy (April 2007). "A dozen primers on important information standards". Computers in Libraries. 27 (4). Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, Inc.: 11–23. ERIC EJ760290.
- Dempsey, Lorcan (2006). "Libraries and the long tail: Some thoughts about libraries in a network age". ISSN 1082-9873.
- Donohue, Tim (2009-10-15). The BibApp extension: A campus research gateway and expert finder. DSpace User Group Meeting 2009. hdl:2077/21343.
- Eaton, J. (2005). "COinS promises to extend OpenURL standard to meet the challenges posed by the ever widening range of bibliographic sources". Managing Information. 12 (8). London: OCLC 1201231455.
- Jill E., Grogg (January 2006). "Linking and the OpenURL". Library Technology Reports. 42 (1). ISSN 0024-2586.
- Lagace, Nettie; Chisman, Janet K. (2007-06-26). "How did we ever manage without the OpenURL?". The Serials Librarian. 52 (1–2): 211–222. ISSN 0361-526X.
- MacIntyre, Ross (2006). OpenURL and COinS. SRU Implementors Group, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, March 3, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Abstract
- Min, Gao; Yuling, Jin; Weiling, Liu (2008). "The development and innovative uses of OpenURL research". Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery (in Chinese). 24 (2): 87–90. .
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- Pace, Andrew K. (September 2005). "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em". Technically speaking. American Libraries. 36 (8): 78–79. JSTOR 25649697.
- Page, Roderic D. M. (2010-09-21). "Finding scientific articles in a large digital archive: BioStor and the Biodiversity Heritage Library". Nature Precedings. Springer Science and Business Media. ISSN 1756-0357.
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- Palmer, James D. (2007-03-11). "Exploiting bibliographic web services with CiTeX". Proceedings of the 2007 ACM symposium on Applied computing. ACM. pp. 1673–1676. ISBN 978-1-59593-480-2.
- Ronallo, Jason (2012-02-03). "HTML5 microdata and Schema.org". The Code4Lib Journal (16) 6400. ISSN 1940-5758.
- Tanner, Rene; Flitner, Debbie (2021-06-25). Building a library toolbar with LibX (PDF). Arizona State University.
- Trainor, Cindi; Price, Jason S. (October 2010). "Rethinking library linking: Breathing new life into OpenURL". Library Technology Reports: Expert Guides to Library Systems and Services. 46 (7). ISSN 0024-2586.
External links
- Citation proposal – for a microformat for the same purpose
- KEV implementation guidelines
- Using COinS from Max Planck virtual Library
- What are COinS? – from Online Computer Library Center